Tudwal Gloff

Tudwal Gloff (English: Tudwal the Lame or Welsh: Tudwal ap Rhodri; born c. 860) was the youngest of the four sons of Rhodri the Great.[1]

Life

He earned his epithet 'the Lame' after being wounded in his knee at the Battle of the Conwy in 881 AD fighting alongside his brothers against the invading Mercians.[1] Because he had become lame, his brothers gave him the territory of Uchelogoed Gwynedd[2] and the chief churches of Gwynedd.[3] The arms borne by Tudwal Gloff were azure, a wolf saliant argent, langued armed gules.[4] He held the title Lord of Uchel Gwenydd.[5] He married Helen, daughter of Aleth, ruler of Dyfed.[6]

References

1. "Tudwal Gloff's Ancestry". Ancestry.com. 23 February 2014. Retrieved 2 March 2014.
2. Vaughan, Henry F. J. (1889). "Welsh Pedigrees". Y Cymmrodor. 10: 115. Retrieved 27 January 2019.
3. Charles-Edwards, T. M. (2014). Wales and the Britons, 350-1064. Oxford: Oxford UP. p. 491. ISBN 978-0198704911. Retrieved 27 January 2019.
4. Burke, John (1836). A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Commoners of Great Britain and Ireland. London: Henry Colburn. p. 3:512. Retrieved 27 January 2019.
5. Nicholas, Thomas, ed. (1872). "HEYWARD, John Heyward, Esq., of Cilbronnau, Cardiganshire, and Crosswood, Mont". Annals and Antiquities of the Counties and County Families of Wales. 1: 196. Retrieved 27 January 2019.
6. Nicholas (1872). Heyward.